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Asociaţia Umanistă Română a organizat la Londra, în 10 iunie 2009, o conferinţă de presă alături de The Sophie Lancaster Foundation pentru a iniţia Campania Black Cat.
Asociaţia umanistă Română anunţă lansarea oficială a site-ului www.black-cat.ro şi a „Campaniei Black Cat”.
În România şi în întreaga lume sunt înregistrate cazuri de intoleranţă, discriminare şi violenţă împotriva unor persoane care aleg să aibă o înfăţişare „neconvenţională”, se îmbracă în mod „diferit” şi au gusturi muzicale precum goth, rock, metal, punk, emo, hippie şamd.
Numele de “Black Cat” a fost ales fiind ştiute numeroasele prejudecăţi faţă de acest animal asociat în mod absurd cu “răul, demonicul sau vrăjitoria”.
Sophie Lancaster Foundation şi-a început activitatea în anul 2007 după uciderea pe motiv de vestimentaţie goth a Sophiei Lancaster. Scopul fundaţiei este acela de a lupta împotriva prejudecăţilor, urii şi intoleranţei bazate pe opţiuni vestimentare şi preferinţe muzicale. Activitatea acestei fundaţii şi faptul că şi în România sunt înregistrate numeroase astfel de situaţii au determinat Asociaţia Umanistă Română să iniţieze o astfel de campanie.
British Humanist Association a primit cu interes iniţierea acestei campanii fiind publicat un articol privind conferinţa de presă de la Londra.
Adresam invitaţia tuturor celor care au trăit experienţa nefericită de a fi victimele unor astfel de forme de discriminare, intoleranţă şi violenţă, să ne trimită informaţii cu privire la acest lucru pe adresa noastra blackcatcampaign@gmail.com. Persoanelor care vor dori le vom asigura confidenţialitatea datelor personale.
Adresăm presei invitaţia de a ne sprijini în această campanie, fiind esenţială nepublicarea acelor materiale care pot genera ură sau intoleranţă faţă de tineri sau grupuri de persoane care au o vestimentaţie „neconvenţională” şi anumite preferinţe muzicale. Asocierea unor tineri, spre exemplu, cu practici sataniste sau cu alte acţiuni considerate „malefice” pentru simplul fapt că aceştia ascultă anumite genuri muzicale este de natură să genereze prejudecăţi şi stereotipuri de percepţie.
Încurajăm preluarea de cât mai multe site-uri şi bloguri a bannerului de promovare a site-ului www.black-cat.ro care se găseşte la sectiunea "Susţine campania".
De asemenea, va fi nevoie de implicarea a cât mai multor voluntari în acţiunile pe care urmează să le întreprindem.
Îi rugăm pe cei care vor dori să se implice activ să ne trimită un mesaj la blackcatcampaign@gmail.com
Asociaţia Umanistă Română
Contact:
Remus Cernea
Preşedinte
Monica David
Coordonatoarea Campaniei Black Cat
www.secularhumanism.ro
www.evolutionism.ro
www.black-cat.ro
http://blog.secularhumanism.ro/
asociatiaumanista@gmail.com
blackcatcampaign@gmail.com
0727.583.594
0765.025.554
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The Romanian Humanist Association held a press conference in London on June 10, 2009, in partnership with the Sophie Lancaster Foundation. The goal of the conference was to launch the Black Cat Campaign.
The Romanian Humanist Association is pleased to announce the official launching of the Black Cat Campaign (web site: www.black-cat.ro).
A large number of incidents of intolerance, violence and discrimination have been reported in Romania and throughout the world against individuals who choose to adopt an “unconventional” look, dress “differently” or manifest their preference for musical genres such as goth, rock, metal, punk, emo, hippie etc.
We chose our name (“Black Cat”) given the many preconceived ideas about this animal, preposterously associated with witchcraft or evil.
The Sophie Lancaster Foundation began its activity in 2007 after the death of Sophie Lancaster, a young British woman, who was killed because she was dressed as a “goth.” The goal of the foundation is to fight against prejudice, hate and intolerance based on clothing or musical preference. In initiating the Black Cat Campaign, we at the Romanian Humanist Associated were inspired by the activity of this foundation and the unfortunate realization that there are many such cases in Romania as well.
The British Humanist Association took notice of our campaign and published an article on the topic of our London press conference.
We urge all those who have had the unfortunate experience of being victims of similar discrimination, violence and intolerance to get in touch with us and tell us about it at our e-mail address blackcatcampaign@gmail.com. We take privacy very seriously and will make sure that your identity remains confidential.
We are also inviting Romanian media to support us in this campaign. We urge them to reconsider publishing materials that can generate hatred and intolerance towards our youth or other “unconventional” groups whose clothing or musical preferences clash with those of the general public. For instance, publicly associating certain young people with Satanism or other such “evil” practices just because they listen to a certain kind of music is bound to generate prejudice and perpetuate negative stereotypes.
We encourage blogs and web sites to support the Black Cat campaign by displaying our advertising banner which can be found at "Support us" on our web site.
We also need as many volunteers as possible for our upcoming projects.
Those who wan to get involved should write us at blackcatcampaign@gmail.com .
The Romanian Humanist Association
Contact:
Remus Cernea
President
Monica David
Campaign Organizer and Coordinator
www.secularhumanism.ro
www.evolutionism.ro
www.black-cat.ro
http://blog.secularhumanism.ro/
asociatiaumanista@gmail.com
blackcatcampaign@gmail.com
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BHA representatives attended the launch event yesterday of a new campaign to tackle prejudice and hate crime suffered by people of ‘alternative sub-cultures.’ The new campaign, set up by the Romanian Humanist Association in partnership with the Sophie Lancaster Foundation, aims to collect evidence from, and give support to, people in Romania and the UK who suffer discrimination and harassment due to their ‘alternative’ appearance, dress or music tastes. The campaign is likely to also seek to support people from many other countries in the future.
The campaign was set up following the violent death of Sophie Lancaster in Lancashire in 2007, who was murdered by a group of young people for being of ‘alternative’ appearance. This led to a growing recognition that, in many places around the world, people who are members of alternative subcultures are at risk of intolerance. Sophie's family held a humanist funeral in November 2007 to celebrate her life.
Pepper Harow, Local Campaigns Officer, attended the launch and stated, ‘This new campaign recognises a growing problem in many areas of the world. In a lot of cases, particularly outside of the UK, these attacks can be motivated by religious beliefs that see the wearing of black or listening to certain types of music as symbols of Satanism or religious indiscretion. The name of the campaign is symbolic of suspicion shown towards members of alternative subcultures and the perceived link between alternative communities and ‘witchcraft.’ There is also evidence that there is some cross over between this sort of abuse and homophobia, with people being branded as ‘gay’ due to the clothes they wear or the length of their hair.’
She continued, ‘Freedom of belief and expression are fundemental to Humanism and the tragic death of Sophie Lancaster proves the importance of this issue and the severity of the problem. The launch of the new campaign is therefore welcome news.’ Notes For further comment or information, contact Pepper Harow on 020 7462 4992
The British Humanist Association (BHA) is the national charity representing and supporting the non-religious and campaigning for an end to religious privilege and discrimination based on religion or belief.
Details of the Black Cat Campaign are available here.
Details of the Sophie Lancaster Foundation are available here.
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